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20 September, 2012

United
Provinces’ Politics, 1939: The End of the First Congress Ministry: Governors’
Fortnightly Reports and other Key Documents

By- Lionel
Carter (comp. & ed.)

This is the
third volume in a series which provides the texts of the Fortnightly Reports
sent by the Governors of the United Provinces to the Viceroy. Other key
documents sent by the Governors or their Secretaries are also included. The
volume covers the last ten months of the first Congress Ministry in the U.P.
and the last eleven months of Sir Harry Haig’s term as Governor. 110 documents
are printed in total.

1939 was a very
disturbed year in the U.P. with a marked increase in communal tension and
violence. The Muslim League was growing in strength as well as bodies like the
Mahasabha, Youth League and Forward Bloc. The Ministry itself was destabilised
as a result of pressure from the left-wing elements within a Congress and the
dissatisfaction of the wider electorate.

In September war
broke out between Britain and Germany. The volume documents how the
negotiations to try to secure Congress cooperation were viewed from the U.P.
The negotiations were unsuccessful and in November the Ministry resigned and
the Governor took charge of the province.

For more than
ten years, Lionel Carter was a member of the team (led by Nicholas
Mansergh) which produced the British Government’s series of Documents on the Transfer of Power to India,
1942-1947. From 1980 until 1999, Carter served as Secretary and
Librarian of the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge.

This is the
second volume in a series which provides the texts of the Fortnightly Reports
sent by the Governors of the United Provinces to the Viceroy. Other key
documents sent by the Governors or their Secretaries are also included. There
are 97 items in total.

Congress had
been in power in the UP for just under six months when this volume opens and
within a further six weeks a crisis had arisen over the release of political
prisoners. The Ministers submitted their resignations on 15 February 1938 but
with compromise and diplomacy on all sides they had returned to office ten days
later.

Thereafter the
Congress Ministry concentrated on a wide-ranging programme of legislative and
administrative reform at the centre of which was a bill for tenancy reform. As
the year progressed leftward pressures and communal difficulties increased and
the Governor became concerned at the weakened position of the Premier, G.B.
Pant.

For more than
ten years, Lionel Carter was a member of the team (led by Nicholas
Mansergh) which produced the British Government’s series of Documents on the Transfer of Power to India,
1942-1947. From 1980 until 1999, Carter served as Secretary and
Librarian of the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge.

United
Provinces’ Politics (1936-1937): Formation of the Ministries and Start of
Congress Government: Governors’ Fortnightly Reports and other Key Documents

By- Lionel
Carter (comp. and ed.)

This is the
first volume in a series which provides the texts of the Fortnightly Reports
sent by the Governors of the United Provinces to the Viceroy. Other key
documents sent by the Governors or their Secretaries are also included. There
are 151 items in total.

The subject of
this volume is the start of ministerial government in the U.P. Congress, which
won a resounding victory in elections held in early 1937, did not immediately
take office because of a dispute over the use of the Governor’s special powers.
Instead a minority ministry led by the Nawab of Chhatari was sworn in and held
office for more than three months. The period is fully covered in the documents
printed here. By July, Congress had decided to form a ministry under the
leadership of Pandit G.B. Pant. The volume concludes by recording in detail the
somewhat troubled first months of Congress rule in the U.P.

For more than
ten years, Lionel Carter was a member of the team (led by Nicholas
Mansergh) which produced the British Government’s series of Documents on the Transfer of Power to India,
1942-1947. From 1980 until 1999, Carter served as Secretary and
Librarian of the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge.